How to implement a default view in CakePHP?

Question

In CakePHP each method of a Controller has its own View and the view template file is the name of the method.

class DataController extends AppController { public function one() { // will render one.ctp } public function two() { // will render two.ctp } }

Accourding to the API documentation there is a $view property of the Controller that specifies the view to render. So I should have the ability to specify a default view file, say all.ctp, for all methods of a controller

class DataController extends AppController { public $view = 'all'; public function one() { // should render all.ctp } public function two() { // should render all.ctp } }

However this does not work and CakePHP ignores the $view property and continues to look for the template file of the same name as the method.

Is there a way to have a default view without having to insert $this->render('all'); in each of the Controller's methods?

ndm · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-06 14:41:56Z

The value is going to be overridden in Controller::setRequest() which is being called in the controllers class constructor.

You could use your controllers beforeFilter() callback instead to set the value:

public function beforeFilter() { parent::beforeFilter(); $this->view = 'all'; }

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